Joey Bada$$ News

Last week we gave you your first glimpse behind-the-scenes of the "Under The Influence" tour, and we've got even more exclusive footage for you in episode 2! This instalment sees Ty Dolla $ign and Berner having a smoke session in the tour bus, The crew watching some old Wiz freestyle footage on the jumbotron, Amber Rose making a bief appearance on stage, as well as Khalifa breaking out his skateboard!

In February of 2012, Pro Era’s Joey Bada$$ and Capital STEEZ dropped the visuals for their collaboration “Survival Tactics,” which quickly went viral. Crowned the future of New York rap, Bada$$ served the perfect blend of youthful, braggadocio-tinged rhymes, and laid-back flows-- not to mention an ear for classic 90s-referencing production that would make Gangstarr proud.

After publicly speaking about passing on Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint, Joey Badass revealed that it would take three million dollars for him to sign on the dotted line for a major label.
In a recent interview with The Village Voice, Joey was asked about the terms he's needed in order to sign to a major label. He added,

Joey Bada$$ is gearing up to release a new anticipated mixtape, Summer Knights, on Monday, July 1st. The rapper already revealed the cover art, as well as dropped a few leaks off it, which has only drummed up more anticipation.

Joey Bada$$ has been hinting about the Summer Knights project for some time now, and the release has been changing slightly each time he's spoken about it. The first time Summer Knights was announced, Joey described it as a Pro Era mixtape, it's since gone from an EP to a full length project, and is being billed under Joey's name.

Our interview footage from the recent HOT 97 Summer Jam continues today, with none other than Beast Coast rapper Joey Bada$$. The New York native took the stage at the Festival Village this year, a momentous event in the young rapper's rising career.
"I told myself last year I wouldn't come to Summer Jam ever again until I'm performing, and look here I am," Joey Bada$$ told us during our interview backstage at the Festival Village.

Joey Bada$$ may be readying his debut album B4.DA.$$, but he's still making sure to put on for his crew. In honour of his 200,000th folllower on twitter, Joey announced that Pro Era's Summer Knights EP will be dropping June 12th.

Statik Selektah has blessed us with an extensive preview of his upcoming Extended Play album, which is slated to drop on June 18th. The project features guest appearances from Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Raekwon, Sean Price, Hit-Boy, Prodigy, Mac Miller, Styles P, Freddie Gibbs, Bun B, Joell Ortiz, Talib Kweli and several others.

Pro Era members Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly, Nyck Caution, Dessy Hinds, Kirk Knight and A La $ole recently caught up with DJ Hyphen and J. Moore for an interview on Seattle's KUBE 93 Sunday Night Sound Session. While discussing the origins of the group, their influences, aspirations outside of hip hop and tour life, they also revealed that CJ would be releasing his debut project in May.

Joey Bada$$ has been hard at work on his debut album, but we had yet to hear any details on the title or when it was to be released. The NY rapper has taken to twitter to break that silence and announce that his album will be titled B4.DA.$$, and will be available this fall.

Currently there's a massive manhunt in Boston for one of the two suspects identified by the police as responsible for the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon. One susepct, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was 26 years-old, died last night in a shoot-out with the police, while his brother, 19-year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, escaped on foot and is believed to be armed and very dangerous.

Dizzy Wright was recently crowned a 2013 XXL Freshmen (by the people's vote, nonetheless), which is sure to make his stock in the rap game rise. However, he's as humble and as hard-working as ever. This is evident on his new track, "Maintain," which offers support for people and their every-day struggles, instead of glamorizing hard times, as rap can do.

This feature highlights a hand-picked selection of some of the bigger tracks of the week. We have chosen a few of the tracks that landed within our top 25 most played, focusing on those that stood out, and left room for discussion.

Joey Bada$$ and the Pro Era crew have taken New York rap by storm, and plan to continue their take-over with their "Beast Coast" tour. The crew recently chopped it up with Good Fella Media, and discussed the upcoming tour and the Beast Coast movement as a whole.

Kendrick Lamar is definitely a 'quality over quantity' rapper. Since releasing his debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, to critical acclaim, the rapper has quieted down on the music front, although still doing shows and interviews.

Joey Bada$$ may be the next big thing coming out of New York, praised for bringing back a classic NY sound. Even so, he's not capitilizing on his fame just yet. He says in a new interview that for now, he wants to remain independent.